Woody Uses ‘Bitchin’ In A Nice Way

I was listening to Joe Paisley’s morning show on KVNI/ESPN 1080 today when I recognized a familiar voice, that of Coeur d’Alene City Councilman Woody McEvers. Actually, I recognized a word from back in the day before I figured out Woody was the one being interviewed: “bitchin’.” He was using it in the 1960s sense. He called the expanded Government Way being reconstructed from Dalton to Hanley — a project that, take note Councilman Steve Adams, uses federal funding — as “bitchin’.” As in very nice. Not griping. I hadn’t heard that word used in this context in decades. So I thought I hadn’t heard Woody correctly. But he used the word again later in his interview. I still use the word “cool,” which probably dates back to the ‘50s.

Question: Do you use words from your teen years that are outdated today?